CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
- Generation labels mean nothing. It’s time to retire them.
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
- Fathers’ Transition into Parenthood – An Interview with Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
- Emotion Work Exacts a Psychological Toll on the Emotion Worker in Both Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriages, But the Toll Is Highest When the Spouse is a Depressed Man
OTHER NEWS:
- A Survey Shows That Kids’ Pronouns Matter. It’s Time for Adults to Listen.
- More sex. Fewer fights. Has the pandemic actually been good for relationships?
- Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows
- ‘We can do anything’: the Indian girls’ movement fighting child marriage
- Kids In Mental Health Crisis Can Languish For Days Inside ERs
- How to Support Adult Children Struggling With Mental Health
- Nearly a third of millennial moms are having postpartum sex before they feel ready (and that’s not okay)
- This artist nails the frustration mothers are feeling for how the pandemic has impacted women
- Reclaiming Feminism from the Logic of the Market
- The five-day workweek is dead
- Millions of children missed out on basic vaccinations during the pandemic.
- Covid: Children’s extremely low risk confirmed by study
- COVID-19’s Effects on Kids Are Even Stranger Than We Thought
- How the Child Tax Credit Could Become Permanent
- These children are most at risk of drowning, according to new report
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- Generation labels mean nothing. It’s time to retire them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/generation-labels-mean-nothing-retire-them/
Categories such as “baby boomers” and “Millennials” do nothing to capture social change.
- Fathers’ Transition into Parenthood – An Interview with Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/07/06/fathers-transition-into-parenthood-an-interview-with-sarah-schoppe-sullivan/
- Emotion Work Exacts a Psychological Toll on the Emotion Worker in Both Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriages, But the Toll Is Highest When the Spouse is a Depressed Man
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2021/07/13/emotion-work-exacts-a-psychological-toll-on-the-emotion-worker-in-both-same-sex-and-different-sex-marriages-but-the-toll-is-highest-when-the-spouse-is-a-depressed-man/
- A Survey Shows That Kids’ Pronouns Matter. It’s Time for Adults to Listen.
https://www.fatherly.com/news/a-survey-shows-that-kids-pronouns-matter-its-time-for-adults-to-listen/
Non-binary youth are more likely to attempt suicide when people don’t respect their pronouns.
- More sex. Fewer fights. Has the pandemic actually been good for relationships?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/11/couples-relationships-pandemic-romance
A poll finds American adults are happy with their partnerships, perhaps because lockdown has pushed couples to grow
- Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1015983700/extreme-heat-is-getting-worse-for-low-income-non-white-americans-a-new-study-sho
As record-high heat hammers much of the country, a new study shows that in American cities, residents of low-income neighborhoods and communities of color endure far higher temperatures than people who live in whiter, wealthier areas.
- ‘We can do anything’: the Indian girls’ movement fighting child marriage
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/13/the-indian-girls-movement-fighting-child-marriage
At 17, Priyanka Bairwa refused her arranged marriage. Instead, she started Rajasthan Rising to help thousands of others and call for free education
- Kids In Mental Health Crisis Can Languish For Days Inside ERs
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/23/1005530668/kids-mental-health-crisis-suicide-teens-er-treatment-boarding
- How to Support Adult Children Struggling With Mental Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/well/family/young-adults-mental-health.html
Expert advice on how to gently offer help and compassion.
- Nearly a third of millennial moms are having postpartum sex before they feel ready (and that’s not okay)
https://www.mother.ly/almost-a-third-of-millennial-moms-are-having-postpartum-sex-before-they-feel-ready
Whether you wait six weeks or six months, what’s important is that you feel ready.
- This artist nails the frustration mothers are feeling for how the pandemic has impacted women
https://www.mother.ly/life/news/women-workforce-pandemic-comic
“We need to not cope, like we always do,” she argues. “We need to get mad and get people listening and get solutions to these problems!”
- Reclaiming Feminism from the Logic of the Market
https://www.newsweek.com/reclaiming-feminism-logic-market-opinion-1607303
- The five-day workweek is dead
https://www.vox.com/22568452/work-workweek-five-day-four-jobs-pandemic
It’s time for something better.
- Millions of children missed out on basic vaccinations during the pandemic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/world/million-children-vaccinations.html
About 23 million children missed out on basic childhood vaccines last year, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said on Thursday, warning about a devastating consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic for routine health services.
- Covid: Children’s extremely low risk confirmed by study
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57766717
The overall risk of children becoming severely ill or dying from Covid is extremely low, a new analysis of Covid infection data confirms.
- COVID-19’s Effects on Kids Are Even Stranger Than We Thought
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/clues-about-mis-c-and-covid-19-kids/619447/
Doctors have found a concerning link between the rare pediatric complication known as MIS-C and a syndrome related to tampon use.
- How the Child Tax Credit Could Become Permanent
https://www.fatherly.com/news/child-tax-credit-permanent/
The Child Tax Credit has hit parents bank account. Now, how do we get this policy to stick?
- These children are most at risk of drowning, according to new report
https://www.mother.ly/life/news/child-drowning-report
Here’s what you need to know to keep your little one safe, mama.
